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I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be speaking at the National Academies workshop focused on “Practices and Standards for Plugging Orphaned and Abandoned Wells”. Thank you Ed Steele and Mileva Radonjic for your nominations. This should be a great opportunity to continue discussions on this very important issue! ALL Consulting True Methane Technologies (TMT) CSR Services,LLC Ground Water Protection Council Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Society of Petroleum Engineers International BCarbon CarbonPath

This is a follow-up news article (AND VIDEO) from my trip with Tulsa City Counselor Jayme Fowler to the Arkansas River here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Burt Mummolo from Tulsa’s News Channel 8 joined us to look at old Oil Wells in the River, just a few miles south of Downtown Tulsa. All of the wells you’ll see in the video are over 100 years old and truly show a piece of Tulsa’s history as the former Oil Capital of the World. However, as you can also see in the video, none of these old wells are producing, they are an environmental hazard (leaking oil and methane gas), and have left significant ancient equipment simply abandoned in the river (e.g., heavily corroded wellheads, cables, flow lines, and more). Hopefully you find this as interesting as I do. So many times in life, we have these things that are right in front of us that we never seem to become curious about and never investigate. Curiosity is a huge driver in all our lives. Be curious! Lastly, I wanted to put a shout out to my step-sons (Isaac & Carter). They got cold & wet pulling our raft around through the deeper water so we could carry equipment and stay a little dryer. They also helped me collect and carry back some old equipment for my collection! I’ve taken them out to the River multiple times looking for old wells, coal seams, arrowheads, fossils, and more. Good stuff! Hope you enjoy the video and the article! #OrphanWells

This is a follow-up news article (AND VIDEO) from my trip with Tulsa City Counselor Jayme Fowler to the Arkansas River here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Burt Mummolo from Tulsa’s News Channel 8 joined us to look at old Oil Wells in the River, just a few miles south of Downtown Tulsa. All of the wells you’ll see in the video are over 100 years old and truly show a piece of Tulsa’s history as the former Oil Capital of the World. However, as you can also see in the video, none of these old wells are producing, they are an environmental hazard (leaking oil and methane gas), and have left significant ancient equipment simply abandoned in the river (e.g., heavily corroded wellheads, cables, flow lines, and more). Hopefully you find this as interesting as I do. So many times in life, we have these things that are right in front of us that we never seem to become curious about and never investigate. Curiosity is a huge driver in all our lives. Be curious! Lastly, I wanted to put a shout out to my step-sons (Isaac & Carter). They got cold & wet pulling our raft around through the deeper water so we could carry equipment and stay a little dryer. They also helped me collect and carry back some old equipment for my collection! I’ve taken them out to the River multiple times looking for old wells, coal seams, arrowheads, fossils, and more. Good stuff! Hope you enjoy the video and the article! #OrphanWells

Earlier today, I met up with Tulsa City Councilor Jayme Fowler and Burt Mummolo from Channel 8 News. My two step-sons and I gave Jayme & Burt a tour of a few of the “old” Orphan Oil Wells that still remain in the Arkansas River, just south of downtown Tulsa. We don’t have records, but I’m estimating that all of these wells were drilled before 1920. Thus far, I’ve identified about 50 old wells that are either in the river or on the banks of the river, but today we just looked at a handful for the story. I should note that these wells are in plain site and not only are these old wells still around, there is a lot of other associated materials remaining that is also in the river (e.g., flow lines, casing heads, corroded casing, etc.). Two of the wells we visited today were leaking methane to the surface and one was oil filled (and also had methane bubbling up). My hope is that showing these historical legacies from the former “Oil Capital of the World” will serve to prioritize getting these wells permanently plugged and abandoned. There is currently over $4 Billion in federal funding available for plugging these types of wells throughout the United States, but there are a “LOT” of wells across the country to plug!!! Fortunately, here in Oklahoma, we have a State Idle & Orphan well plugging fund, which helps, but it’s not enough. There are also some new private sector incentives (such as carbon credits for eliminating methane emissions that I’m working diligently on). Obviously, there are other industry and charitable sources of funding, but plugging a well in the middle of a river isn’t necessarily an easy deal nor inexpensive, especially when you look at all the things that are associated (e.g., pipe, hydrocarbons, etc.). I’ve also included a couple historic post cards in case anyone doesn’t understand that we actually did drill wells “IN” the River. Anyway, here are a few photos in advance of the story that should be out next week.

Just in case you forgot, PLEASE join me this Thursday night at the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pennsylvania. I’ll be talking about the History of Marginal, Idle, and Orphan Oil & Gas Wells in America! Thanks to CSR Services,LLC and Charlie F. for sponsoring the Wisdom & Wine event! And in case you might need an incentive, I’m bringing a home-made wooden flag that will be raffled off as a fund-raiser for the Museum! The Flag is made of Wooden Sucker Rods pulled from a well in Northwestern Ohio from a well drilled in the late 1800s. And “NO”, I can’t help it! I’m a nerd, historian, and I love art. I also dislike seeing these great historical pieces that show tremendous craftsmanship just be taken to the landfill. Sooo… FLAGS! This one is small and I have some far bigger ones if you’re interested…. But, on Thursday night, somebody will be taking this small piece of history home! ALL Consulting James Daniel Arthur (ALL Consulting) Will Green, P.G. (ALL Consulting) Ryan Corbin Joshua Ticknor, P.E. CSR Services,LLC BCarbon CarbonPath True Methane Technologies (TMT) Plants and Goodwin, Inc. Orr Energy Services (OES) Carbon Offset Solutions DynaVert Holdings #OrphanWells #MarginalWells #WellPlugging

3rd Article in the Series:  "New Mexico Oilfield Acquisitions: Due Diligence Extends Beyond Environmental Liabilities:  NMOCD Gas Capture Requirements" Like and follow to see more! #PermianBasin, #OilandGasInvestors, #ProducedWaterSociety, #SPEPermianBasin, #ManagingEandPProducedWater, #NewMexicoOilandGasAssociation, #DelawareBasinOperators, #PermianBasin, #PermianBasinWaterInEnergyConference

2nd Article in the Series:  "New Mexico Oilfield Acquisitions: Due Diligence Extends Beyond Environmental Liabilities" Like and follow to see more! #OilfieldWaterConnection, #ProducedWaterSociety, #ManagingEandPProducedWater,#NewMexicoOilandGasAssociation, #DelawareBasinOperators, #PermianBasin, #PermianBasinWaterInEnergyConference, #OilandGasInvestors

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